From time in memorial, all kind of lawyers are hardly embraced by the society. They are not needed until there is trouble. It is very hardly possible for a man not to be sick all his life whereas it is possible for a man not have a court case at all.
Recent Harris Polls showed that public acceptance of lawyers and law firms in United Kingdom is very low and it is not getting better in anyway. In the last twenty years the law profession has being undermined more than any other. In the United States even lawyers are disapproving the practice of the profession. More and more people from all strata of the society are loosing confidence in the law profession and law firms.
This could be attributed to a decade long continuous and persistent dissatisfaction with the legal representation given by a large number legal practitioners and firms. If a victim of some accident looses a case and is deprived of compensation because of his or her lawyer negligence, the client will be very disappointed and devastated.
No win no fee solicitors in UK started work in the year 1995 under the Conditional Fee Agreements, those who could not get legal aid were to be the beneficiaries.
However, with the abolition of the legal aid in 2000, most personal injury cases are being resolved by the same means. With this the plaintiff is sure that the lawyer has something at stalk, since he or she gets no fee if the case is lost and gets 100% if the reverse is the case.
Under the UK law, tort is the name given to all the laws that address and resolves civil wrongs that are not based on contractual agreement. There are eight tortuous actions but the most commonly is negligence. Most “no win no fee” cases are anchored on negligence. As a matter of fact, psychiatric injury, pure economic loss, public bodies and omission of third parties are the categories of negligence under which a tort case may be categorized. As a former plant worker,
I can tell from experience, how an injury can devastate a person especially when you are not responsible in any. I saw the death of a fellow plant worker and imagined how his family would cope with it. When people leave their houses, they do not plan to loose anything at all. All of a sudden they have to readjust their lives, as everything changes, sometimes in a matter of seconds.
In the UK, about 2.5million people sustain accidental injuries every year. It could be the fault of the driver of the other car, a public authority, an employer or another individual. Spending for what they did not plan and going through pains they did not bargained for, is too much trouble for one day.
Hence, “no win no fee” agreement could be a way to reduce the burden as they fight for compensation.
However, the client will be required to make a relatively small payment, this may include a success fee that is about a quarter of the usual payout.
A “no win no fee” plaintiff has to read and understand the agreement very well. He or she has to know the possible gains and losses that could be incurred. The fact that it is a “no win no fee” agreement does not mean that the competence and experience of the lawyer should be overlooked.
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NO WIN NO FEE SOLICITOR IN UK!
25 Aug 2009
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